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Privacy Policy was last updated on January 3rd, 2023.
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We value you as a customer and take your personal privacy seriously. In the course of providing you with products and services, we may collect certain personal information that we understand may be considered private or confidential. We are therefore providing this Privacy Policy to explain our practices and policies for collecting, using and sharing information collected from or about you. In this Privacy Policy, terms such as "us" "we" and/or "our" refer to William Hill U.S. Holdco, Inc and its subsidiaries and affiliates, the Caesars Rewards casinos and resorts owned, operated or managed by them or their affiliates (the full list is available at https://www.caesars.com/total-rewards/casino-directory ) ("Caesars Rewards Casinos,"), Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc., including but not limited to WSOP.com and their respective websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any properties that are not Caesars Rewards Casinos (other than to Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon) or to Caesars affiliates or properties outside of the United States and the term "Caesars Rewards" refers to our Caesars Rewards® loyalty program. The privacy practices and policies for the Caesars Windsor property may be found in the Caesars Windsor Privacy Policy below.
Our Privacy Principles
Information We May Collect
We collect and use information we believe is necessary to administer our business and provide you with the products and services you request. We may collect and maintain both Personal and Non-Personal Information needed for these purposes.
"Personal Information" includes any information by which you can be personally identified, such as your first name, last name, address, phone, email address, credit card number, social security number, Caesars Rewards number, date of birth, purchase information, gaming information and other similar information. You may provide us with Personal Information under a wide range of circumstances, such as when you submit information to us through our websites, sign up for email or text messages, sign up for Caesars Rewards, log in as a Caesars Rewards member, book a reservation, enter an online promotion, sign up or log in to play one of our free social games or our real money gaming online games at WSOP.com, request information, submit an application for employment, apply for credit or provide feedback in a survey.
"Non-Personal Information" is information about you that does not personally identify you. Information of this type is most commonly obtained through your use of our websites and visits to our businesses.
How We May Use Your Information
We will use the information you provide to us for the specific purposes for which you provided the information, as stated at the time of collection. The following are some other ways in which we may use your information to administer our business and provide you with the products and services you request:
Information Disclosure to Affiliated Entities
For business purposes, we may share certain Personal and Non-Personal Information we receive from you, and about your transactions with us, with our affiliates, including our owned, operated, and managed casinos, online and web based businesses, and other corporate entities or affiliates. Doing so allows us to provide the products and services you have requested and quickly respond to applications for credit or other financial services. We may also disclose your Personal Information to our affiliates if you participate in our "self-restriction" or "self-exclusion" programs. Please see Know When to Stop Before You Start® for more information.
Information Disclosure to Non-Affiliated Entities
As permitted by law, we may share the information we collect from and about you with non-affiliated third parties.
Information may be shared with or collected by third party service providers who provide us with services such as credit card processing, credit checks or processing and fulfilling reservations or purchases. We require these providers to exercise reasonable care to protect your Personal Information and restrict the use of your Personal Information to the purposes for which it was provided to them.
We may share certain limited information about you with other companies with whom we have joint marketing agreements or other businesses with whom we have a contractual relationship ("Joint Marketing Partners"), who may contact you as part of a third party promotional program or loyalty program. These businesses generally include financial services companies, such as banks and insurance companies, other service providers, such as airlines and car rental agencies, and retailers, but may include others.
We may transfer or provide a copy of your Personal Information to non-affiliated third parties in connection with an acquisition, merger, restructuring, sale, reorganization or other transfer involving any of our properties or all or any portion of our business.
We may also disclose your Personal Information to third parties for the following purposes:
Your Choice to Share Information
If you are a Caesars Rewards customer and prefer that we not share your Personal Information with our Joint Marketing Partners, please follow these instructions: First, click here to log in to your account. Next, go to your "Profile", scroll down to "Preferences" and click on "Edit Settings." Click "Manage My Preferences" to continue. Scroll to the bottom and check the box labeled "Do not share my personal information with non-affiliates to market their products & services to me." Click "Save Changes" to ensure your preference settings are set.
If you are not a Caesars Rewards customer or if you prefer to opt out by mail from having your Personal Information shared with our Joint Marketing Partners, please click here to download the opt-out form(PDF) , complete it and mail it to:
Caesars Operating Company, Inc. ATTN: Loyalty Marketing P.O. Box 98905 Las Vegas, NV 89193
Opting out will not prevent your Personal Information from being shared with our affiliates for any purpose or used for other non-marketing purposes described above in this Privacy Policy.
How to Access, Update and Correct Personal Information
In order to ensure that all of your Personal Information is correct and up to date, visit a Caesars Rewards Casino and speak to a customer service representative. As a Caesars Rewards member, you may also review and update your profile by logging into your account, at https://www.caesars.com/total-rewards
Changes in Privacy Policy
Over time, it may be necessary to modify or supplement our Privacy Policy. When we make changes, we will post the changes to our websites and change the date at the top of the policy. The amended Privacy Policy will be effective upon posting on the Site. We encourage you to visit our websites from time to time to review our Privacy Policy in the event it has changed. Your continued provision of information to us or use of our websites following the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy means that you accept the changes and our use of your Personal Information in accordance with the revised Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes, we will also provide our current Financial Services customers with revised notices as described below.
Legal Gaming Age Policy
Persons under the age of twenty-one (21) are not permitted to gamble at our properties and/or online or through any web or mobile application, or loiter on any of our casino properties located in the United States. Any offers we make or any contests we conduct, unless otherwise noted, are not open to persons younger than the legal gaming age in the applicable jurisdiction. Persons younger than this legal age are not allowed to use our websites, accept offers, or win contests, and we do not knowingly collect information from such persons for gaming-related offers. We reserve the right to verify age at any time for any reason and may decline to provide products, services or access rights to any person who does not have valid age identification.
Video Surveillance
We use surveillance systems to monitor all gaming areas and other public or sensitive areas of our properties. Video surveillance cameras are used for security purposes and to protect us, our customers and employees against potential violations of criminal or civil laws. Surveillance camera output is monitored by our employees and contractors and may be viewed by law enforcement and regulatory authorities.
Your California Privacy Rights
As provided under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, we provide our customers with the ability to "opt out" of having their personal information shared with non-affiliated third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
Contact Us
Should you have additional questions, comments or concerns, please contact us by writing to:
Caesars Operating Company, Inc. ATTN.: Loyalty Marketing P.O. Box 98905 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8905
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You will be removed from the mailing list within 7 days of receiving your request.
We may from time to time send promotional materials to you by direct mail. If you do not want to receive promotional materials by direct mail from us, please visit the customer service center at any Caesars Rewards Casino or call 1-800-CAESARS (223-7277). Your name and address will be removed from that mailing list within 30 days after your request.
Certain services, including GeoComply, will make use of your location data. If you use such services, you consent to us transmitting, collecting, maintaining, processing and using your location data in order to provide and improve location-based services. You may withdraw this consent at any time by turning off the location settings or by notifying us in writing that you would like to withdraw such consent.
If you are a Action Club customer and prefer that we not share your Personal Information with our Joint Marketing Partners, please follow these instructions: First, click here to log in to your account. Next, go to your "Profile", scroll down to "Preferences" and click on "Edit Settings." Click "Manage My Preferences" to continue. Scroll to the bottom and check the box labeled "Do not share my personal information with non-affiliates to market their products & services to me." Click "Save Changes" to ensure your preference settings are set.
If you are not an Action Club customer or if you prefer to opt out by mail from having your Personal Information shared with our Joint Marketing Partners, please click here to download the opt-out form(PDF) , complete it and mail it to:
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Information Collected in Connection with Financial Services
If you are a customer who utilizes our credit or check cashing, counter check account and/or cash advance services ("Financial Services"), there are additional categories of information we may collect from or about you:
Annual Notices
We will inform you of our Privacy Policy at least once a year, as long as you are a current Financial Services customer of ours. If you no longer have a customer relationship with us, we will continue to follow our Privacy Policy, but you will not receive annual notices from us in the future. Our current form of notice with additional information about our privacy practices and choices you can make about how we share your information can be found here.
Material Changes to Our Privacy Policy
If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy as relates to Financial Services, we will provide our current Financial Services customers with revised notices that describe our new policies and procedures that apply to them.
In addition to the practices and policies described above, the following apply to our websites (each a "Site").
A. Additional Information We May Collect
Traffic Data
We automatically track and collect general log information when you visit our Site, including your: (i) Internet Protocol (IP) address, (ii) domain server, (iii) operating system, and (iv) type of Web browser as well as the pages you visit on our Site (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data does not personally identify you, but is helpful for marketing purposes and for improving your experience on the Site. We use the Traffic Data to report aggregated website activity and to better understand the needs of our users so we can make informed decisions regarding the content and design of the Site. It enables us:
We may collect Traffic Data through various technologies including, but not limited to, cookies, IP addresses, and transparent GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format, a software technology also known as a pixel tag).
Personal Information
You may provide us with Personal Information when you use the Site or websites operated by our service providers by completing online forms or entering information where requested, or by sending us emails or text messages.
Cookies and Other Technologies
We use cookies and other technologies on our Sites. Cookies are small text files offered to your computer by servers in order to keep track of your browser as you navigate the Site. Cookies may be stored on your hard drive in which case they remain on your hard drive until deleted, or in temporary memory in which case they are deleted when you shut down your browser or turn off your computer. We may use cookies and similar technologies to identify who you are and may use them when you visit our Site, click on our ads, or open our emails. Cookies also enable us to remember your user preferences for our Site. In addition, if you choose to provide us with Personal Information, we may store some items of your Personal Information and use it with the Traffic Data to better personalize your experience on our Site. Cookies and other technologies may also be used for site maintenance and analysis, performing network communications, authenticating users, serving contextual advertisements, and protecting against fraud and theft. You can block or remove cookies using your Internet browser's settings. If you block or remove cookies, your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality, and access certain content on our Site may be affected.
Third-party advertising companies that work with us may also use cookies and other similar technologies to collect Non-Personal Information to provide you with advertisements that are likely to be of interest to you.
B. Online Security
We use reasonable security safeguards to protect the Personal Information that we collect from unauthorized access. However, due to the design of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and our servers will be completely secure or free from unauthorized access by third parties.
C. External Links
The Site may contain hyperlinks to other websites that may have information policies and practices that are different from ours. The fact that we have provided a link to a site is NOT an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation by us with respect to such site, its owners, or its providers. Links to other websites are provided only as a convenience to you. We are not responsible for the content, validity, privacy policies or reliability of any website linked to this Site that is not within our family of properties. There are risks in using any information, software, products or services found on the Internet, and you should make sure that you completely understand these risks before using, relying upon, or purchasing anything via the Internet.
D. Terms of Use
Your use of our Site constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions in this Privacy Policy as modified from time to time. By using our Site, you represent that you are of the legal gaming age in the applicable jurisdiction where you reside.
E. Non-U.S. Residents
Unless otherwise specified, our Site and material provided on our Site are solely for promoting products, programs, and business operations within the U.S. If you do not reside in the U.S. and are visiting this Site, if you provide Personal Information to us, it may be transferred to and processed on computers in the U.S. and other countries. Do not provide your Personal Information to us if you do not want this information to be transferred outside of your country, or if the laws in your country restrict these types of transfers. Instead, please contact us using the information provided in the section titled "Contact Us." Your provision of Personal Information to us will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Your provision of Personal Information to us through this Site means that you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
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Caesars Windsor is committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. This Privacy Policy describes how the Operator of Caesars Windsor ("Caesars Windsor", "the Property", "we" "us" and/or "our") collects, uses and discloses Personal Information of visitors to our website and of individuals with whom we deal offline, including Personal Information of customers and other persons that is collected or received by Caesars Windsor in the course of its commercial activities. Games of chance conducted at Caesars Windsor are operated by the Operator as agent for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (a crown corporation created under the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, 1999) ("OLG"); Caesars Windsor is otherwise operated by the Operator in its capacity as an independent contractor of OLG. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy. "Operator" means Caesars Entertainment Windsor Limited and any successor operator of Caesars Windsor and their respective successors and assigns.
Personal Information is information about an identifiable individual, as more particularly described under applicable privacy legislation. This Privacy Policy applies to our collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information about employees of the Operator. When we refer to "Loyalty Programs" or "Loyalty Program" in this Privacy Policy, we mean: (i) the current "Caesars Rewards" loyalty program which is operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. (Caesars or "Caesars Entertainment") and which Caesars Windsor participates in, as amended or modified from time to time, until such time as such program is discontinued, and/or (ii) any replacement or successor loyalty program introduced at Caesars Windsor. Loyalty Programs may be located outside of Canada. The use and disclosure of Personal Information by Loyalty Programs located in other countries (including the United States) will be subject to the laws of that country, which may differ from the laws of Canada and may include, for example, lawful requirements to disclose Personal Information to government authorities in those countries.
Caesars Windsor reserves the right to amend, modify or otherwise change the terms of any Loyalty Program and to terminate or discontinue any Loyalty Program, in its sole and absolute discretion.
When we refer to our "affiliates" in this Privacy Policy we mean the Operator and its shareholders and their respective affiliates together with OLG.
Caesars Windsor collects Personal Information in the conduct of its business including for the following reasons:
a. to correctly identify you;
b. in connection with providing goods and services and improving the goods and services we offer to customers;
c. to learn about the needs and interests of current and potential customers, to develop or offer services and promotions tailored to those needs and to communicate with those customers regarding such services;
d. to administer programs which reward customer activities such as by providing invitations to player parties, concerts, sporting events and other events which may be of interest to those customers based on their needs and interests;
e. to provide you and other interested customers with information about activities, new games, tournaments, promotions and other materials regarding services offered by our marketing program;
f. to assess your eligibility for cash-back and complimentaries such as meals, hotel accommodations and transportation;
g. to respond to your questions and enquiries and to follow up on customer comments and suggestions;
h. for account collection purposes;
i. to comply with legal requirements and to cooperate with law enforcement agencies;
j. to protect you and us against fraud;
k. for loss prevention purposes;
l. to ensure minors do not gain entry to the Casino;
m. to operate the voluntary self-exclusion program for people who have registered for the program;
n. to ensure a secure and safe environment for customers and our employees;
o. enrolling you in and administering reward or loyalty programs and the Loyalty Programs;
p. if your visit to Caesars Windsor was arranged by a coach or tour operator, "junket" representative or other similar person (each a "Tour Operator"), to remunerate the Tour Operator based on your gaming activity or other transactions at Caesars Windsor;
q. completing transactions;
r. conducting credit checks with your consent;
s. managing and administering our business and performing our business operations;
t. providing you with personalized service and experience in the Property and on our websites;
u. administering your participation in special promotions such as contests;
v. keeping your credit card on file for future purchases unless you tell us not to;
w. marketing the services and goods we provide such as by sending information about developments and activities at Caesars Windsor and properties and casinos owned or operated by our affiliates, and/or Loyalty Program partners;
x. maintaining business records for reasonable periods;
y. combining Personal Information collected online with information you provide offline;
z. contacting you to conduct market research or request your participation in surveys;
aa. meeting legal, regulatory, insurance, auditing, loss prevention, security and processing requirements;
bb. communicating with you for the purposes described above including to offer and promote our products and services via telephone voicemail broadcast to any phone numbers that you may provide to us, including in the future, or via an email, postal or other address provided by you;
cc. communication with you for the purposes described above including to offer and promote our products and services including telemarketing communications via an Automatic Dialing - Announcing Device and that such calls may be made to any specific phone numbers that you provide to us including in the future; and
dd. otherwise with consent or as permitted or required by law.
1. Identification ("ID") Verification. Casinos are required to verify the photo ID at the Casino entrances of all individuals who appear to be under 30, to ensure that no one under the legal gambling age of 19 is permitted entry. Security Officers posted at the entrance of the Casino may use identification verifiers to scan any ID including if they believe it may have been tampered with or altered. Casinos are also required, under provincial and federal laws, to verify government-issued photo ID and to record certain information, including name, date of birth, address, type of ID, place of issuance of ID, and ID reference number, before conducting certain types of transactions. These transactions include but are not limited to foreign exchange transactions of Cdn.$3,000 or more, cash transactions of Cdn.$10,000 or more (see Large Cash Transaction Records), casino disbursement transactions of Cdn.$10,000 or more, credit extensions of any amount, and opening a front money account in any amount. Caesars Windsor also requires government-issued photo ID before issuing or permitting use of a loyalty card for its Loyalty Program such as the Caesars Rewards Card to protect customers who may lose or misplace their cards.
2. Photography. To protect your privacy, photography is prohibited on the gaming floor. The only exceptions to this prohibition are photographs of jackpot and tournament winners, who consent in writing to their picture being taken. Except for your spouse or significant other, no other customers will be included in the photographs. Caesars Windsor may also take photographs inside the casino for publicity purposes and advertising campaigns. In these cases, only actors are used in the photographs, and signage is posted to advise customers of the photography shoot. In some cases, entertainers will have their performances in the Entertainment Centre videotaped and photographed. When this is happening, we will notify you through signage and/or an announcement at the beginning of the performance.
3. Video Surveillance. In order to comply with Regulations made pursuant to the Gaming Control Act, Caesars Windsor is required to have surveillance systems to monitor all gaming and sensitive areas of the Casino. Video surveillance cameras are used to protect Caesars Windsor, its customers and employees against potential violations of criminal and/or civil laws. Surveillance camera output is monitored by Caesars Windsor Surveillance personnel, authorized Caesars Windsor officers or directors, Ontario Provincial Police and regulatory authorities.
4. Self-Exclusion and Facial Recognition. Self-exclusion is a voluntary program offered by Caesars Windsor and the OLG to individuals who choose to be included in the program because they have difficult gaming responsibly. In addition to the information collected directly from individuals who have completed the Self-Exclusion Form as described below, the self-exclusion program also uses an automated facial recognition technology system to identify self-excluded individuals. This technology captures facial images of Casino customers at a distance and compares such images to the images of those who have voluntarily provided their photograph to the self-exclusion program. This technology only identifies possible matches with those registered with the self-exclusion program and does not identify or retain the images of other individuals. Access to the information gathered as part of the self-exclusion program, including facial recognition information, is limited to the individuals who require the information in order to operate the self-exclusion program. All information gathered as part of the self-exclusion program, including all facial recognition information, is protected by the appropriate technological systems including encryption algorithms. The description of the self-exclusion program and facial recognition technology as set out in this Privacy Policy does not amend or supersede the terms and conditions that any individual agreed to when registering for the self-exclusion program and, specifically, does not provide any kind of representation or guarantee with respect to the effectiveness of the self-exclusion program.
5. Manual and Electronic Forms. During your visit to Caesars Windsor, you may be asked to provide information for various forms, requiring different types of Personal Information. The forms you may be asked to complete fall in the following categories:
a. Customer Tracking and Reward Programs. From time to time Caesars Windsor has established and may in future establish various player tracking and reward programs. For example, you may choose to become a member of our Loyalty Program so that you can redeem your slot points for cash back, Reward Credits for cash, or qualify for complimentaries, and many other promotional offers, and receive invitations to parties and events. If you choose to join the Loyalty Program and have your play rated, we may collect certain information about you including name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, interests, gaming history, number of visits to the Casino, and level of play. Caesars Windsor uses this information to better understand the interests of its customers, to provide you with valuable marketing information, and to assess your eligibility for cash back, Reward Credits for cash, complimentaries, and other promotional offers, and to invite you to parties and events.
b. Credit Applications. As a service to eligible customers, Caesars Windsor may extend you credit to facilitate gaming. To assess your eligibility for credit and determine a line of credit that corresponds with your financial means, we will first have to obtain information about you and verify your financial history. You will be required to provide us with your name, address, income, banking information and credit history. To determine your eligibility for credit, we may disclose your Personal Information to credit reporting agencies, financial institutions and other casinos. The information on our credit applications is required under the Regulations made pursuant to the Gaming Control Act, and is similar to the type of information a bank would require before extending a consumer loan. This information may be shared with other casinos including those taking part in the Loyalty Program. Such casinos may be located outside of Canada.
c. Other Financial Services. As a service to customers, Caesars Windsor may open a front money account for you, advance you cash on your credit card, transfer your funds by wire to a financial institution, or permit you to use a safety deposit box. Before we can facilitate these services, we will require certain Personal Information. Depending on the type of service you are interested in, the Personal Information may include your name, address, date of birth, signature, etc. This information may be shared with other casinos including those taking part in the Loyalty Program. Such casinos may be located outside of Canada. Where these transactions (excluding use of safety deposit box) amount to Cdn.$10,000 or more in the gaming day, a Large Cash Transaction Record is required under law.
d. Large Cash Transaction, Large Casino Disbursement, and Multiple Transaction Records. Under provincial and federal laws, Casinos are required to complete a Large Cash Transaction or Casino Disbursement Record before conducting any transactions of Cdn.$10,000 or more (including multiple transactions, where cash is received from the same person, amounting to Cdn.$10,000 or more in a gaming day) and Multiple Action Logs before conducting certain transactions of Cdn.$2,500 or more in a gaming day. These records include Personal Information such as your name, address, date of birth, and business or principal occupation. Where we determine that a reportable transaction is being conducted on behalf of a third party, Personal Information on the third party is also required, including the third party's name, address, date of birth, business or principal occupation and the nature of the relationship between you and the third party. In addition, we are required to report to the Financial Transactions Reports Analysis Centre of Canada ("FINTRAC"), transactions where Cdn.$10,000 or more in cash is received (including multiple cash transactions, by the same person, amounting to Cdn.$10,000 or more in a gaming day) or when the total amount disbursed is Cdn.$10,000 or more (including multiple transactions amounting to Cdn.$10,000 or more in a gaming day. The recording and reporting requirements for large cash transactions and large casino disbursements apply not only to all casinos/slot facilities in the country, but also to all financial institutions, foreign exchange dealers and other regulated financial service providers.
e. Suspicious Transaction Reporting. Under federal law, when an employee suspects, on reasonable grounds, that a transaction (regardless of the amount) or attempted transaction is related to the commission of, or attempted in the commission of, a money laundering offence or a terrorist activity financing offence, a Suspicious Transaction Report must be filed with FINTRAC. Certain Personal Information about the person conducting the transaction is required on these reports. Federal law prohibits us from disclosing that a Suspicious Transaction Report has been completed or reported, or the content of such a report.
f. Self-Exclusion Forms. If you have difficulty in gaming responsibly, or for whatever reason, you may wish to complete a Self-Exclusion Form. The form requires that you disclose your name, address, date of birth, and a piece of ID, and that you allow us to take a photograph of you. This information is shared with OLG, all gaming premises in the Province of Ontario and all casinos owned, operated or managed by Caesars and its affiliates, for purposes of the self-exclusion program.
g. Security Incidents. Details of security incidents, such as assaults, thefts, drunkenness or disorderly conduct, etc., are recorded. If you are involved in or witness a security incident, you may be asked to provide us with your name, address, and telephone number.
h. Health and Safety. If you or a family member become ill or are involved in an accident while visiting Caesars Windsor, we may ask you to provide us with your contact information, health history, physician and next of kin. Other information may be documented depending on the nature of the medical incident or accident.
6. Concert Ticket Purchase. When you purchase tickets for concerts or other events at Caesars Windsor's Entertainment Centre through Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster releases certain of your Personal Information to Caesars Windsor, including your name, address and telephone number. Caesars Windsor may use this information to notify you of other concerts or events at our Entertainment Centre. When you accept complimentary tickets to a concert or event at Caesars Windsor's Entertainment Centre, you may provide us with certain Personal Information including your name, address and telephone number. Caesars Windsor or Ticketmaster may use this information to notify you of other concerts or events at our Entertainment Centre.
7. Website. The Caesars Windsor website www.caesarswindsor.com provides information about the services, events and other activities available at Caesars Windsor. Our Internet servers may passively and automatically collect certain information about website visitors' traffic patterns, which may be linked to their Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (which are unique Internet "addresses" assigned to all Internet users by their Internet Service Providers). Server logs may record statistical information, such as visitors' IP addresses, type of operating systems, time and duration of visit, pages requested, and identify categories of visitors by items such as domains and browser types. These statistics are generally collected and used on an aggregate basis.
8. Cookies.Our website makes use of cookies. Cookies are small text files offered to your computer by servers in order to keep track of your browser as you navigate the website. Cookies may be stored on your hard drive in which case they remain on your hard drive until deleted, or in temporary memory in which case they are deleted when you shut down your browser or turn off your computer. We may use cookies to record session information, such as your browsing habits and past activity, to enable us to provide you with improved services such as customized Web page content. You can disable cookies using your Internet browser's settings. Please consult your browser's help function for information on how to disable cookies. Note that if you disable cookies, certain features of our website may not function properly.
9. Other. Other Personal Information we collect includes:
a. name, home and business address(es), home and business telephone number(s), email address(es), fax number(s), title, company or organization name and other contact information;
b. information we receive about you from others, including credit bureaus, relating to your credit history and financial transactions with others;
c. information about your transactions, including your payment history, hotel preferences, hotel account information, details of credit transactions and/or gaming activity;
d. information you provide such as your name, birth date, address, business and home phone number(s), government-issued photo identification number and e-mail address when you sign up for loyalty, reward or player tracking programs that reward customer activities such as the Loyalty Programs that we may offer from time to time and information concerning your participation in any Loyalty Program;
e. information you provide such as Loyalty Program number, date of birth, first name, last name, address, phone number(s), email address and credit card number (required when booking a hotel reservation) and whether you wish to receive future communication from Caesars Windsor and any Loyalty Program;
f. member ID and account passwords;
g. credit card, bank account, credit rating or other payment and financial information;
h. your interests and preferences, age, gender, language, marital status and other demographic information, some of which may be optional;
i. information regarding your use of Casino, hotel and restaurant facilities at Caesars Windsor and other properties operated or owned by our affiliates and/or Loyalty Program partners (including playing habits, preferences and history (including the type of machine or game played, the length of time played, the average bet), food preferences, hotel/accommodation preferences and participation in promotional activities;
j. information you provide when you contact us by any means including online, by phone, or by mail;
k. Personal Information we receive from a company who has advised us that it has your consent to provide us with your Personal Information for marketing purposes; and
l. such other information we may collect with consent or as permitted or required by law.
1. General. Caesars Windsor discloses Personal Information in the course of its business such as in the following circumstances:
a. to manage and administer player's accounts including to process credit card, cheques or other forms of payment;
b. to manage and administer our business including to enforce our policies and procedures;
c. as permitted by law to protect the rights, property or safety of Caesars Windsor and its employees, representatives, agents, affiliates and any operator of any Loyalty Program or any other partners in such Loyalty Programs;
d. to enforce any debts that you may owe to us;
e. with your consent to conduct credit checks when you enroll and from time to time;
f. with your consent to other marketers of products or services;
g. to other Ontario Casinos, OLG, and other Casinos owned, operated or managed by Caesars and its affiliates, if you have completed a self-exclusion form;
h. to affiliates for the purposes of marketing and/or promoting Caesars Windsor or any property of an affiliate (affiliates may be located outside of Canada);
i. if your visit to Caesars Windsor was arranged by a Tour Operator, we may disclose information about your gaming activity, gaming preferences, and hotel account, to such Tour Operator in respect of such visit;
j. to the operator of any Loyalty Program that Caesars Windsor may participate in from time to time;
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Individuals may forward any question or concern regarding this Privacy Policy or the use and disclosure of their Personal Information to Caesars Windsor's Privacy Officer either by mail or E-mail as follows:
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The first national public debate to be held in France for an offshore wind power project has ended with the developer proposing a number of changes to appease the sometimes virulent opposition.
La Compagnie du Vent has until mid-January to decide whether to continue with the project, a 700MW facility in the Channel off Le Treport. In the meantime, it is exploring various options. "We want to work with all stakeholders so that the project combines the best economic, environmental and social criteria," says Jean-Mathieu Kolb, director of offshore activities at La Compagnie du Vent.
All major infrastructure projects in France costing more than EUR300 million must undergo a public debate to ensure that the public is kept fully informed and can voice opinions (Windpower Monthly, May 2010). The debate for the Deux Cotes project comprised 12 meetings with presentations by independent experts alongside those invited by the developer, plus online participation. La Compagnie du Vent also took the four commissioners, local fishermen and journalists on fact-finding trips to wind projects in Denmark.
Economic benefits
Three versions of the project were presented for debate, with preference given for the Large project. The strongest support came from the regional and departmental authorities, local chambers of commerce and nearby ports such as Dieppe and Le Havre, attracted by the promised economic and employment benefits. A few people working in the local wind industry also backed it, as did some environmentalists - though with certain reservations.
Nevertheless, most of the participants speaking at the meetings opposed the project. Among the fiercest critics were local fishermen who feared for the survival of their industry. Worries over the loss of fishing grounds, safety and the possible disruption of spawning areas and fish migration were the main causes for concern - though a few did recognise the project might offer well-paid alternative work. Other speakers decried the "industrialisation" of an area of natural beauty and questioned whether it would bring real economic benefit, while others voiced their complaints about the excessive cost of wind power.
La Compagnie du Vent put forward 12 proposals to allay some of these concerns, including local recruitment wherever possible, consulting fishermen on the layout and management of the plant, installing artificial reefs, assisting fishermen to retrain, encouraging tourism and carrying out additional impact studies.
At the closing session, the company offered two further amendments to its Large project. First, it would realign the turbines and bury the cables at least 1.5 metres deep to allow trawling. This would mean the loss of only a tiny fraction of the fishing area, compared to 5% as previously calculated, it says. Second, it would shift the project four kilometres farther off the coast and reorient it slightly to reduce its visual impact. "This proposal was welcomed, but work remains to explain clearly to the local population the benefits of the new layout," Kolb says.
It remains to be seen whether this will be sufficient. One positive sign is that the fishermen have drawn up a list of conditions to be met if the project goes ahead, Kolb points out. Among other things, they demand to be consulted on the setting up of the plant and the conditions under which fishing would be allowed; to collaborate on further studies; and to receive compensation during the construction phase. While not all their demands are within the control of La Compagnie du Vent, Kolb considers the conditions achievable.
Lack of support
Other developers followed the proceedings closely. Brice Cousin, offshore project manager for WPD Offshore, feels it was "a very rich debate" but regrets the poor showing from supporters of wind power. Marion Lettry, deputy commissioner for wind, hydro and marine energies at trade association Renewable Energy Syndicate (SER), agrees. While SER is in favour of such debates in principle, it questions how effective they are when it is mostly the opposition who attend.
The industry also wonders how useful it would be for all offshore wind projects to go through the same process. "It would be better to have one debate for each seaboard rather than for single projects," Cousin argues. Indeed, the chairman of the Deux Cotes debate, Philippe Marzolf, called on the environment minister to do just that, so that all the offshore projects along a stretch of coastline can be considered together for approval.
However, Kolb believes that the public wants a fairly precise idea of the details of the project, which is more difficult on the scale of a coastline.
The French government was about to launch a tender for 3GW of offshore wind as Windpower Monthly went to press.
Large project is the preferred option
from DEPTH
Littoral 300 700 5.5 under 10
Large 700 1,800 14 10-20
Grand Large 1,600 4,800 25 20-35
Job creation Tax
(temp/ payable
Proposal Long term*) (EURm/yr)
Littoral 800-1,300/75 3.6
Large 1,600-1,900/150 8.4
Grand Large 1,600-1,900/310 N/A**
* for 30 years ** lies outside territorial waters.

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A rare positive review from Speak Up of the new London 2012 that everyone else in the world seems to hate. "I believe, despite any ensuing boo's, that this is some of the most innovative and daring identity work we have seen in this new millennium, and the lack of cheesy and imagination-impairing gradients gives me hope that identity work can still be resurrected on a larger scale."
Update: Coudal loves the logo.


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I live in Fairfield, California. It lies in between both Vallejo( The city mostly known for Six Flags Marine world, Previously known as just Marine World ) and Vacaville( Don't know anything special about it besides the fact they have a Nugget ).
So far, I've yet to meet a single Vegan. I've met a Vegetarian twice so far in my life. But, no Vegans yet.


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2012 was one very junky year indeed. It was a blast creating these projects, but you made them even more fun by enjoying, commenting on and sharing them. Thank-you so very much!And here they are. My top 10 2012 projects, plus some greatest hits that continued to be a hit this past year.
#1. – How to edge flowerbeds like a pro
One hot summer day, I took my camera outside while doing my 'boring yard work'. This post became my #1 hit.
#2. – pallet walkway revisited
Desperate for a new walkway, this brainstorm came one day and it was finished before the night was out. Fast, easy, and super productive!
#3. – toilet paper crate storage
This crate on a wall was nothing to write home about until I added a plate… and toilet paper. Then it went KABOOM. Isn't the power of toilet paper amazing?
#4 . – Create a pallet wood closet wall
My lazy ways of not liking to hang up my clothes resulted in a popular reclaimed lumber wall complete with hooks galore.
#5. – Coffee bean bag window shades
What I thought was a failed magazine admission attempt was a hit on the blog. Who knew.
#6. – Route 66 cupboard
Adding a cool design to a prebuilt cabinet dramatically changed the whole thing. It became a highly copied little number.
#7. – Creating garden art with junk
Plants just go better with junk. Many others thought so too.
#8. – Pallet wood coffee table
I wanted a coffee table with my style attached. I think this did it.
#9. – How to decorate a junk styled mantel
Gettin' junky on the mantel was never so… junky.
#10. – Decorate a bedroom with messy linens
This is what happens when you keep buying sheets that don't fit your bed.
Older top contenders in 2012
parade of homes full home tour
A full home tour that could use a little updating!
Everything you ever wanted to know about pallet wood
Crazy ridiculously popular post. Glad to help!
One day I might even finish the full blown ebook… gah!! I'm on it! Still one of the highest ranking posts ever.
pallet sofa reveal
So glad so many loved this post! So did Cottages and Bungalows – yup, it was published! And also won a Canada wide recycling challenge!
The how to edition is right behind the reveal.
My little rockstar stairs will never die it appears. They're going to make a main feature in a magazine this spring too!
My last year's home tour is still alive and well.
Top 10 blog / website referrers in 2012
Saved by Love Creations – 50 wood pallet projects
Apartment Therapy
Thrifty Decor Chick
Thank-you everyone, for such an amazing year!


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(visited by Ross Finlayson)
03-Aug-2012 -- Driving from Vancouver to Kamloops on a warm and sunny Summer afternoon, I decided to tackle this easy-looking confluence point en route. I was surprised to see that it had not been visited in more than 10 years, because it was, indeed, easy to reach: Dirt roads take you just 60 metres west of the confluence point - close enough for a successful visit. A brief scramble up a gently-sloping hillside (that slopes upward towards the east) enabled me to get 'all zeros'.
Unfortunately, although this confluence point is easy to reach, it is also completely unremarkable, as it lies within a thinly-spaced pine forest. There is nothing to see - except trees and grass - in any direction. (Unlike the previous visitor, I didn't continue up to the top of the hill to look for a view.)


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'My Body My Rights', a new global campaign from Amnesty International looks to shine a light on issues impacting the freedom around sexual and reproductive rights of people around the world. These include the right to determine your own sexual orientation and gender identity, and the right to access a comprehensive range of health services, among others.
The campaign features the dramatic work Tokyo based artist Hikaru Cho, a second-year student of Visual Communication and Design at Musashino Art University in Tokyo.
The campaign was created by London agency Taylor Herring.
[via The Drum]


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Pro tip for big brands: When talking on Twitter about how you handled a customer's tragic accident, the phrase "contractual obligations" is unlikely to play well.
Progressive Insurance is the latest company to spark a fiery online backlash to a tin-eared series of tweets and other online postings.
The company's crisis began late Monday, when a customer's sibling published a Tumblr post with the kind of headline public-relations people have nightmares about: "My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court."
"I've been sending out some impertinent tweets about Progressive Insurance lately, but I haven't explained how they pissed me off," Matt Fisher's post began.
Fisher's sister Katie died in a car crash in June 2010 after another driver ran a red light. That driver's insurance company immediately settled with Katie's estate, according to Fisher's post, but because the driver was underinsured, Fisher's family looked to Progressive to make up the difference, in keeping with the terms of Katie's policy.
Maryland doesn't allow private citizens to sue insurance companies for refusal to pay. So his family did the only thing they could, Fisher says: take the other driver to court to establish his negligence, and use that decision to force Progressive to honor its policy.
That's when the other shoe dropped. "At the trial, the guy who killed my sister was defended by Progressive's legal team," Fisher wrote. "If you are insured by Progressive, and they owe you money, they will defend your killer in court in order to not pay you your policy."
In the end, the jury found in favor of Fisher's family to the tune of $760,000 plus legal fees, according to court records. Fisher says he still isn't sure when Progressive will be making good on that sum.
Fisher's blog post went viral overnight and was re-shared on Tumblr more than 10,000 times. The Internet hive turned savagely on Progressive and its iconic spokeswoman. "Flo, you can suck it," digital strategist Anh Ta wrote on Facebook, linking to Fisher's blog post.
Scores of people bombarded Progressive (PGR) with negative comments on Twitter. As criticism intensified, Progressive dumped gasoline on the social-media sparks.
It responded to its detractors with a perfunctory statement through the app TwitLonger, which allows tweets exceeding 140 characters. Its reply began: "This is a tragic case, and our sympathies go out to Mr. Fisher and his family for the pain they've had to endure. We fully investigated this claim and relevant background, and feel we properly handled the claim within our contractual obligations."
That message was repeated verbatim in more than a dozen Twitter replies from Progressive to its critics. It didn't go over well.
Related story: 6 painful social media screwups
Former Star Trek actor and geek culture icon Wil Wheaton ran the repetitive tweets through text-to-speech software, producing a soulless robotic voice. "Dear Progressive Insurance PR Bot: This is what you sound like, you inhuman monster," he wrote. More than 21,000 people played the recording, and hundreds shared it on Tumblr and other social networks.
TwitLonger piled on by banning Progressive's account for spamming.
By late Tuesday, Progressive adjusted its public response and released a statement pushing back against Fisher's version of the story.
"To be very clear, Progressive did not serve as the attorney for the defendant in this case. He was defended by his insurance company, Nationwide," Chris Wolf, a general claims manager, wrote on Progressive's blog. "We respect the verdict and now can continue to work with the Fisher family to reach a resolution."
The case's legal complexities remain murky, but Progressive's carefully worded statement leaves it plenty of wiggle room. Court documents show that Progressive was added to the case last year as a defendant, alongside the at-fault driver, and that it actively participated in fighting against the Fishers' claims.
Progressive provided CNNMoney with the same statement posted on its blog and did not respond to further questions.
Fisher initially responded to CNNMoney's request for comment but did not follow through with an interview.
Chris Morran of The Consumerist wrote a measured post explaining how insurance battles like this one can turn Kafkaesque. The facts are still coming out, but Progressive's bungled social-media response echoes previous brand meltdowns by Kenneth Cole and Nestle.
Fashion brand Kenneth Cole came down with one of Twitter's most famous cases of foot-in-mouth disease when it linked a brand promotion to the Arab Spring: "Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online... -KC." The company's eponymous chairman soon apologized.
Progressive is still under siege on social networks. Its best hope for moving past this debacle might be the short attention span of the Internet hive.
After all, who's still talking about Chick-fil-A?


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Semtech Releases LoRa Basics™ for Accelerated IoT Applications
The free basic building blocks help developers bring LoRa®-based applications to market faster
CAMARILLO, Calif., Apr. 30, 2019 — Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced the release of LoRa Basics™, software building blocks to assist solution developers in quickly realizing the return on investment (ROI) their customers want. All LoRa Basics releases will be available on Semtech's LoRa Developer Portal as open source.
"To get LoRa®-based solutions to market faster, developers can leverage Semtech's free, supported and easy-to-use set of LoRa Basics," said Steven Hegenderfer, Senior Director of the Developer Ecosystem in Semtech's Wireless Sensing and Products Group. "LoRa Basics is fully compliant with LoRa Alliance™ and allows developers as well as enterprises to rapidly develop their applications."
The impetus behind LoRa Basics is to take the common LoRaWAN® functions that all developers of end devices, gateways or LoRaWAN-based solutions must implement and provide a free, supported set of open source software that is specification compliant. The building blocks represent best practices for the implementation of LoRaWAN-based technologies. Developers can then focus on developing their solutions, while getting their applications to market faster with less cost.
"There is a real need in the IoT market to simplify the development of IoT solutions and speed up deployments," said Robin Duke-Woolley, CEO of IoT analyst firm Beecham Research. "LoRa Basics is a welcome addition to the market that we believe will help to achieve this and assist developers in focusing more on new value adding opportunities."
The first basic software building block, LoRa Basics Station, was announced and simultaneously released on GitHub in January 2019. LoRa Basics Station is a new LoRaWAN-based gateway packet forwarder with secure and robust data communication and remote gateway management protocols, which are equally suitable to Linux®-based gateways as well as resource-constrained embedded gateways.
LoRa Basics MAC, the second basic building block released today, provides the firmware an end-device developer needs to get LoRaWAN-based radios up and running. In addition to a fully LoRaWAN-compliant protocol stack, it provides an event-driven run time with power management, timer handling and a flexible simulation environment with logical time to facilitate debugging and regression testing.
Future areas of focus for the LoRa Basics suite include firmware updates over the air (FUOTA), both on the end-device and on the backend server, as well as data science notebooks for offline performance analytics.
"As a long-time ASIC and electronics design-service provider and a leading manufacturer of wireless IoT products and systems, Miromico has long been looking for even better tools and methods to develop new products faster, easier and more reliably. Semtech's new LoRa Basics suite brings extensive improvements and much sought after functionality in one significant leap to LoRa-based nodes and gateways," said Marcel Wappler, Head of IoT & LPWAN at Miromico. "LoRa Basics Mac is a very well engineered state-of-the-art generation 2.0 open source LoRaWAN stack with many advantages over previous stacks: greatly improved software quality and portability, significantly reduced memory footprint, separation of bootloader and application, and new tools for simulation and automatic testing of functionality and compliance. This enables Miromico to bring new innovative IoT products to market faster, easier, more reliably and more cost effectively."
To make accessing these tools easy, all of the LoRa Basics elements will be available on Semtech's LoRa Developer Portal, which will also provide access to a comprehensive suite of developer training, documentation, technical resources, and community tools.
About Semtech's LoRa® Devices and Wireless RF Technology
Semtech's LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology is a widely adopted long-range, low-power solution for IoT that gives telecom companies, IoT application makers and system integrators the feature set necessary to deploy low-cost, interoperable IoT networks, gateways, sensors, module products, and IoT services worldwide. IoT networks based on the LoRaWAN® specification have been deployed in 100 countries and Semtech is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™, the fastest growing IoT Alliance for Low Power Wide Area Network applications. To learn more about how LoRa enables IoT, visit Semtech's LoRa site.
About Semtech
Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms for high-end consumer, enterprise computing, communications, and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The Company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit www.semtech.com.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
All statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact, including statements that use the words "can," "will," "believe," "designed to" or other similar words or expressions, that describe Semtech Corporation's or its management's future plans, objectives or goals are "forward-looking statements" and are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of Semtech Corporation to be materially different from the historical results and/or from any future results or outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors are further addressed in Semtech Corporation's annual and quarterly reports, and in other documents or reports, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) including, without limitation, information under the captions "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors." Semtech Corporation assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release, except as required by law.
Semtech, the Semtech logo, LoRa and LoRaWAN are registered trademarks or service marks, and LoRa Basics and LoRaWAN are trademarks or service marks, of Semtech Corporation or its affiliates.


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Reading the Feature.xml or Elements.xml file that has been installed to sharepoint
What I want is to be able to see what has been installed to sharePoint, not what is on the hard drive in the Features folder. For example I had some properties in my Feature.xml file like this:
<Property Key="LibraryName" Value="Custom Images" />
After installing and activating the feature I noticed some properties were missing, so I added the properties to the Feature.xml file.
At this point what is installed to SharePoint is different to what is on the hard drive. I know I have to remove and re-add the feature, but I need some way of reading what has been installed for troubleshooting purposes.


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Isamu Taniguchi
landscape architect, farmer
Born: circa 1902
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
Raised in Japan, Taniguchi immigrated to Stockton, Calif., as a teenager in 1915. He was a farmer in California, raising bonsai plants and crops. He returned to Japan only once, to marry his childhood sweetheart. They had two sons, Alan and Isumu. During World War II, Taniguchi and his family, like 120,000 other Japanese Americans, were forced to live in relocation camps. Taniguchi was interned at Crystal City, south of San Antonio. After the war, he remained in Texas, raising cotton, crops, and flowers in the Rio Grande Valley. He retired to Austin in 1967 to be near his son Alan.
Out of gratitude for his sons' education at the University of Texas at Austin, Taniguchi offered to create a Japanese garden for the City of Austin. The city parks department let Taniguchi have three acres of land in Zilker Botanical Garden. With no more than one assistant at a time, Taniguchi worked as a volunteer for 18 months to create the gardens. All plants and material were donated from local nurseries. The gardens feature a series of ponds that spell "Austin" when viewed from the air, a 12-foot waterfall, a teahouse, a Half Moon bridge, a lotus pond with a miniature island, and extensive Japanese landscaping. Today the Isamu Taniguchi Oriental Garden is a popular attraction.
Died: 1992


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I love the look produced from pickling wood with steel wool and vinegar.
I am hesitating to actually do this on a raw ready-to-finish table because I fear the steel wool/vinegar product actually harms and deteriorates the wood faster. Does anyone know if this is true? Or does it truly just change the color to somewhat more silverish? Does it even matter after I apply a coat of polyurethane to the pickled table?


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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Lisp Quiz #1: Minesweeper
A couple of folks were discussing the need for a Lisp equivalent to Ruby's Ruby Quiz the other day on LispForum. Ruby Quiz was a great way to learn Ruby. It presented a series of programming tasks that were somewhere between a simple exercise at the back of a textbook and a full ICFP Programming Contest challenge. The goal was to give budding Rubyists a meaty problem on which to test their skills, while not serving up something so difficult that it would take weeks to accomplish.
Well, I'm pleased to say that yesterday we took the plunge with the first quiz. The challenge is to write a simple algorithm (AI?) for playing Minesweeper. The game engine is delivered as part of the challenge, so there is no need to actually worry about the mechanics of Minesweeper. Just focus on creating an algorithm that will work its way through the minefield without choosing a mine.
The 48-hour No-Spoiler Period expires at ~5:00 PM PDT tomorrow. Check out LispForum to post your solution or discuss others.
I think its great that you guys started out with an NP complete problem.
Nothing like a little challenge to prove that Lisp programmers are hardcore
Of course, you might be making a sneaky attempt to claim the million dollar prize. Check out http://www.claymath.org/Popular_Lectures/Minesweeper/
So what if it's NP complete? Boolean SAT is NP complete, and yet for small sizes backtracking works fairly well for real world cases. Huge improvements are possible with some simple formula transforms.
Time/Space complexity != Programming difficulty.
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The most common form of electrical stimulation used for pain management is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy, which provides short-term pain relief. Electrical nerve stimulation and electrothermal therapy are used to relieve pain associated with various conditions, including back pain. Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) is a treatment option for people with low back pain resulting from intervertebral disc problems.
TENS Therapy for Pain Management
In TENS therapy for pain management, a small, battery-operated device delivers low-voltage electrical current through the skin via electrodes placed near the source of pain. The electricity from the electrodes stimulates nerves in the affected area and sends signals to the brain that "scramble" normal pain perception. TENS is not painful and has proven to be an effective therapy to mask pain.
Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)
Intervertebral discs act as cushions between the vertebrae. Sometimes the discs can become damaged and cause pain. IDET uses heat to modify the nerve fibers of a spinal disc and to destroy pain receptors in the area. In this procedure, a wire called an electrothermal catheter is placed through an incision in the disc. An electrical current passes through the wire, heating a small outer portion of the disc to a temperature of 90 degrees Celsius.
IDET is performed as an outpatient procedure while the patient is awake and under a local anesthesia. Early studies indicate that some patients may have continued pain relief for up to six months or longer. The long-term effects of this procedure on the disc have not been determined.
Radiofrequency Discal Nucleoplasty
Radiofrequency discal nucleoplasty is a newer procedure which utilizes a radio frequency probe instead of heating wire to disintegrate a small portion of the central disc material. The result of this intervention is partial decompression of the disc, which may help relieve pain caused by bulging discs pressing on nearby spinal nerve roots.
Source WemMD.com
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